It's not just Cawthorn. There are hundreds of others. Like Mike Shirkey in Michigan and Anthony Sabatini in Florida, who was featured on Showtime's The Circus last night. He's a state rep who's a Congressional Candidate next year. He has introduced bills to block vaccine mandates and audit Florida's presidential vote from 2020 - in a state Trump won.

He called Mitch McConnell 'a liberal, basically a Democrat,' and absolutely floored Alex Wagner, by saying 'there's going to be a geographical realignment in this country.'

'How,' asked a flabbergasted Wagner.

'Hopefully peacefully, he replied, 'but we'll see.'

Jesus, as Charles Pierce likes to say, these really are the mole people.